Inheriting money might make someone a millionaire - that doesn't make "Have a rich uncle" a viable financial plan. "Having a rich uncle" therefore "does not work". The same goes for making a simple list of your three goals for the day - for 99% of people, it just doesn't work because your simple plan is most likely going to be blown to hell by some emergency/meeting/new project that just landed on your plate. I believe you when you say that it works for you, but it just doesn't work for the vast majority of people.
" i think you missed the joke about being productive and not achieving anything"
I got the joke - you almost certainly meant that someone who is "being productive and not achieving anything" is engaging in busywork but not doing anything worthwhile, which would mean that they are active (i.e. they are not procrastinating), but they are not properly prioritizing the actions they take. I covered that case explicitly.
I didn't say doing three things a day would work for everyone, but im willing to put my name on the line by saying its more effective then auditing 100% of your time. See this post: http://blog.liferemix.net/lazy-productivity-10-simple-ways-d... - I take no credit for the concept. Many smarter people have already shared this concept.
As per the joke - no im annoyed as I need to explain my pun. Obviously, its impossible to be productive and not achieve anything. I was writing an oxymoron (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxymoron) and also using satire to bring to light, what I believe are flaws in common "productivity" knowledge. Honestly, did I really need to explain this. anyone?
Inheriting money might make someone a millionaire - that doesn't make "Have a rich uncle" a viable financial plan. "Having a rich uncle" therefore "does not work". The same goes for making a simple list of your three goals for the day - for 99% of people, it just doesn't work because your simple plan is most likely going to be blown to hell by some emergency/meeting/new project that just landed on your plate. I believe you when you say that it works for you, but it just doesn't work for the vast majority of people.
" i think you missed the joke about being productive and not achieving anything"
I got the joke - you almost certainly meant that someone who is "being productive and not achieving anything" is engaging in busywork but not doing anything worthwhile, which would mean that they are active (i.e. they are not procrastinating), but they are not properly prioritizing the actions they take. I covered that case explicitly.